Canberra: Desperate Russian soldiers in Ukraine refused to obey orders and sabotaged their own equipment and accidentally shot down their own plane, a UK intelligence chief said on Thursday.
Jeremy FlemingThe head of the GCHQ electronic spy agency made the remarks in a speech in the Australian capital, Canberra.
Russian President Vladimir Putin He had clearly described the attack as “massively wrong”, he said.
“It is clear that he misjudged the resistance of the Ukrainian people. He underestimated the strength of the coalition. His actions would lead to it. He underestimated the economic consequences of the sanctions regime, and he did his best to win a swift victory. underestimated the capabilities of the military,” Fleming said.
Fleming said, “We have seen Russian soldiers, who lack weapons and morale, refuse to fulfill orders, sabotage their equipment and even accidentally shoot down their own aircraft.” drop.”
Although Putin’s advisers are believed to have been too afraid to speak the truth, “the extent of these wrong decisions should be absolutely clear to the regime,” he said.
Fleming warned that Kremlin Cyber was hunting targets and bringing in mercenaries to shore up its stalled military operation in Ukraine.
He praised the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky“Information campaigns” to be highly effective in countering Russia’s massive propaganda campaign about the war.
While there were hopes that Russia would launch a major cyberattack as part of its military campaign, Fleming said such a move was not a central part of Moscow’s standard playbook for the war.
Jeremy FlemingThe head of the GCHQ electronic spy agency made the remarks in a speech in the Australian capital, Canberra.
Russian President Vladimir Putin He had clearly described the attack as “massively wrong”, he said.
“It is clear that he misjudged the resistance of the Ukrainian people. He underestimated the strength of the coalition. His actions would lead to it. He underestimated the economic consequences of the sanctions regime, and he did his best to win a swift victory. underestimated the capabilities of the military,” Fleming said.
Fleming said, “We have seen Russian soldiers, who lack weapons and morale, refuse to fulfill orders, sabotage their equipment and even accidentally shoot down their own aircraft.” drop.”
Although Putin’s advisers are believed to have been too afraid to speak the truth, “the extent of these wrong decisions should be absolutely clear to the regime,” he said.
Fleming warned that Kremlin Cyber was hunting targets and bringing in mercenaries to shore up its stalled military operation in Ukraine.
He praised the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky“Information campaigns” to be highly effective in countering Russia’s massive propaganda campaign about the war.
While there were hopes that Russia would launch a major cyberattack as part of its military campaign, Fleming said such a move was not a central part of Moscow’s standard playbook for the war.